'Twas the Night Before Christmas: Or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement C. More

Once upon a time, children imagined St. Nicholas as a stern, skinny bishop who was as likely to dole out discipline as Christmas presents. But thanks to the poem Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas - written by Clement C. Moore in 1822 and published the next year in the Troy Sentinel - a plumper, merrier St. Nick was born, transformed into the sleigh-riding, chimney-diving jolly old elf we now call Santa Claus. With gorgeous monochrome illustrations by Matt Tavares that are meticulously true to pre-Victorian times, this reissue of the holiday favorite 'Twas the Night Before Christmas: Or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas honors the poem’s original language in a definitive keepsake volume.

• Hardcover
• Ideal for ages 3-7
• Exquisitely detailed drawings embody the spirit of a magical night
• Illustrations by Matt Travers
• 32 pages
• Dimensions: 11.3"H x 9.75"W

ISBN: 9781536217995